thank you very much for the help..when i followed the directions on the link you gave me my computer restarted and limewire worked completely, however it didnt last long. Its back to the same situation of waiting for a connection and when i do get a turbocharged connection i am not able to download. I still believe it may have to do with a firewall for windows me, but i dont know how to bypass that. any more help will be greaty appreciated